Steam tattoo ideas

73 photos and flash · 32% Traditional, 27% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Colour traditional-style tattoo on an upper arm of a stack of books with a teacup and teapot, purple flowers and a banner with lettering.
Stacked books and teapot on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a dark cauldron with green bubbling brew, a banner reading DEAD MAN'S TOE and a campfire, placed on the outer thigh.
Cauldron with Dead Man's Toe banner on thigh
Greyscale steam locomotive with smoke on the calf, framed by a red banner reading Railway to Destiny and orange flowers in a traditional style.
Steam locomotive and banner on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a grey teacup with curling steam and a red rose with green leaves, placed on the thigh.
Teacup and rose on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo on the upper arm showing a white goose and yellow chick above a steaming teacup, with the word PIVOT and red flowers below.
Goose and chick above a teacup on upper arm
Colour tattoo on the upper arm of a cartoon pile of poo with green steam and orange rays, with Holy Shit arched above in bold black lettering.
Cartoon steaming pile with Holy Shit lettering
Traditional style colour tattoo of a teacup with steam, a crescent moon and a laurel branch, with the words tea, Earl Grey, hot, on the inner forearm.
Teacup and crescent moon on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a steaming teacup with a rose and leaves in a traditional style with dotwork shading, on a lower leg.
Teacup, rose and leaves on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a swallow perched on a steaming teacup and saucer, with bold black outlines and orange and yellow shading, on a limb.
Swallow perched on a teacup
Two traditional-style tattoos on a calf: a mug with a heart and the word MOM beside a pink flower, and an envelope with a heart and the word DAD beside a pink flower.
Mug and envelope tattoos on a calf
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a black mug with a heart-shaped wisp of steam, a red rose and dark leaves on the forearm.
Mug with heart steam and red rose on a forearm
Two hands held together in sepia, each with a black and grey tattoo on the back of the hand: a tea bag tagged TEA on the left and a steaming teacup on the right.
Tea bag and teacup hand tattoos
Black and grey dotwork flash drawing of a skeleton resting its head on one hand while holding a steaming mug in the other.
Skeleton resting head on hand with steaming mug
Traditional style tattoo of a light blue mug reading WORLDS BEST BOSS with curling steam and a red rose with green leaves on the skin.
Worlds best boss mug with red rose
Traditional style flash design of a teapot pouring into a teacup, with a red rose, green leaves and banners reading WHEN IN DOUBT DRINK TEA.
Teapot pouring tea beside a rose
Black line drawing of a traditional style tattoo design showing a scroll banner reading Death before decaf, two roses and a teacup with a skull and crossbones.
Death before decaf banner with roses and teacup
Traditional style tattoo of a bowl of pho with chopsticks, dotted steam and a banner reading Got time pho that, on the upper arm.
Pho bowl with banner on upper arm
Traditional style flash design of a white teacup with a skull on its side, steam rising, green leaves, red roses and two banners reading Death Before Decaf.
Death Before Decaf teacup flash
Black line drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with roses, a teacup with rising steam, a cupcake and a scroll banner, shown on translucent paper.
Roses, teacup and cupcake design
Traditional colour tattoo of a blue enamel camping kettle on an upper arm, showing a night lake scene with a campfire, canoes, mountains and a crescent moon.
Camping kettle with a lakeside night scene on an upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a steaming teacup with a dragonfly, turquoise flowers and a banner reading Yes Darling, on the calf.
Teacup and banner on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pin-up woman in a red polka dot dress cooking at a stove, with steam and a sunburst, on an upper arm.
Pin-up cook at a stove on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a steaming teacup and saucer with a tea bag and yellow flowers, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Teacup and saucer on a wrist